Don McAffee

Don B. McAffee

Dr. Don B. McAffee, age 84, passed away on September 30, 2004 at LDS hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Don was born in Lehi, Utah on June 20, 1920 to Evelyn and Ephraim McAffee. He graduated from Lehi High School in 1937. His parents passed away in a boating accident during his senior year at BYU. After graduating from BYU, he married Wilma Allred on September 19, 1941 in the Salt Lake Temple. They immediately departed for Washington D.C. where Don attended medical school at George Washington University. During this time he enlisted in the Navy and upon graduating he served as a Navy Doctor during World War II. When the war ended he moved his family to Moroni, Utah where he practiced medicine for several years. The family later moved to Monticello, Utah where he again practiced medicine. During the Korean War he served active duty from 1952-54. Don completed a residency of ophthalmology in Culver City, California and in 1957 returned to Salt Lake City where he practiced as an ophthalmologist until 1987 when he retired. He and his wife served a mission in the London Temple, and served another seven years as ordinance workers in the Salt Lake Temple. After Wilma passed away he married his long time friend Dorothy Sparks on December 6, 2003. Don and Dorothy?s families will miss his quick wit and loving ways.

Don is survived by his loving wife Dorothy, his sister Mava Russon Dale, and five sons: Don Jr. Elaine of Cleveland, Ohio, Edward B. and Douglas C. of Salt Lake City, Richard Patty of West Valley City, and Thomas Lynda of Las Vegas, Nevada, and his beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife Wilma, his parents and brother Boyd McAffee, and two daughter-in-laws Susan and Janice McAffee.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at 12:00 noon in the Monument Park 13th Ward, 1320 South Wasatch Dr., Friends may call Monday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday at the Ward from 10:45 to 11:45 am., Interment: Lehi City Cemetery. Online guest book available at www.russonmortuary.com.